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Register now for the Black Men’s Mental Health Conference, which will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. August 16, 2025, at UAlbany.

UAlbany’s Xianna Allen spent the summer conducting health disparities research, focusing on socioeconomic factors affecting health care access and quality among adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders in the U.S.

A group of SPRINTER students visited UAlbany's CEHD and RNA Institute on June 18 for a day of STEM career discussions, lab tours, and presentations by UAlbany graduate students.

The Center for Elimination of Health Disparities (CEHD) hosted a group of students involved in the Summer Program in Translational Disparities and Community Engaged Research (SPRINTER) offered by SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University on June 18, 2025.

March is Women's History Month. CEMHD commemorates and encourages the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in science in American history.

In this issue, we are proud to spotlight some of the many African American figures who have made transformative contributions to medical science, healthcare practices and public health policy — often in the face of daunting obstacles. We celebrate these public health pioneers and the substantial impact they have had on shaping medicine and public health.

"We Press On: New York State Celebrates the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." explores how Dr. King's vision of justice and equality lives on through New Yorkers who carry forward his values in diverse ways. The SUNY Black Leadership Institute embodies Dr. King's push for representation and dignity by developing diverse academic leaders.

Join us in our mission to promote health equity by learning about the best practices and latest developments in demographic data collection and utilization at the local, state and national levels.